Council News Issue No: 104
WAGGA WAGGA CITY COUNCIL
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FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 23 JULY 2016
HAVING A BLAST: Tarcutta Public School students show off their best air horn pose at the official launch of Arm Horn, the town’s new artwork. Below: Arm Horn artist Will Maguire and Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Rod Kendall also get into the spirit.
Honk! Artwork parks in village Tarcutta’s newest permanent residents were officially welcomed to town this week. Arm Horn, a steel sculpture featuring three children gesturing to passing truck drivers to give a honk on their truck horn, is the latest installation in the Wagga Works Public Art Plan. Tarcutta residents and Tarcutta Public School students were joined by Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Rod Kendall, Councillors and Council staff to officially launch and celebrate the town’s new artwork on Tuesday.
Arm Horn is the work of Australian blacksmith William Maguire and was inspired by the childhood memory of waving to truck drivers and getting them to honk their horn. “Arm Horn is three little kids doing the air-horn arm pull, and is a great sentiment to the town of Tarcutta because of its strong connection to the transport industry,” Mr Maguire said. “It hopefully brings back good memories for people who done the gesture as a kid themselves.” It’s hoped the artwork will create a new generation of air-horn arm pullers. “The artwork is mounted on three rocks. One rock is blank, where kids can come along and get a photo of
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them doing the arm pull pose,” Mr Maguire said. “On the whole, it’s a light-hearted sculpture that people can interact with.” Tarcutta Progress Association worked with Council from the beginning to help bring the public art work to life. “We hope the artwork attracts more people to the village and make the most of what Tarcutta has to offer,” Tarcutta Progress Association president Craig Plum said. Arm Horn is located at the southern end of the Sydney Street road reserve, across from the Tarcutta truck driver’s memorial. The work is part of the Wagga Works Public Art Plan and cost $25,000.
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